Wood, Charles, Rosati, Pierangelo 
ORCID: 0000-0002-6070-0426 and Lynn, Theo ORCID: 0000-0001-9284-7580
(2023)
#Putkids1st: Health Professionals Using Social Media for Public Policy Advocacy—From Collective Action to Connective Action.
Children, 10
(8).
Abstract
This study examines public policy advocacy by pediatricians and other health professionals in the hashtag community: #putkids1st. The study explores 4321 tweets that feature the hashtag, generated by 1231 unique users largely drawn from the American Association of Pediatricians and its members. The data are used to explore the structural dynamics of the hashtag community, the role of homophily, and to test a source-message framework to predict and recommendations to help improve engagement and retransmission of professional health advocacy messages.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article (Published) |
|---|---|
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Pediatricians; electronic word of mouth; public policy advocacy; professional organizations; healthcare; #putkids1st |
| Subjects: | Computer Science > Computational linguistics Computer Science > Computer networks Medical Sciences > Health |
| DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > DCU Business School |
| Publisher: | MDPI |
| Official URL: | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/10/8/1343 |
| Copyright Information: | Authors |
| ID Code: | 32819 |
| Deposited On: | 01 Jul 2026 09:44 by Tam Nguyen . Last Modified 01 Jul 2026 09:44 |
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